Quotes by Mike Kramer

“Its been so long since weve won. Weve got to get back on the winning track.”

“I really dont know if were be able to run the ball real well until our tight ends grow up a little bit. Until then, pass protection and throwing the ball is what were going to be about.”

“Hell be out three weeks, plus the bye week. Hell be available for our last four games.”

“Whether its against a giant or against a pip-squeak, a loss is a loss, and so there is no way around it. We let a giant off the hook.”

“Our defense has been disparaged, but theyre on the road back.”

“In six years, thats our best home performance. ... This is the best game weve played at home, top to bottom, inside-outside.”

“They were there. They were disappointed. We wanted to get to single-digits with minutes left. If we could have just kept the drive alive ... It was a wasted opportunity. It was a good game, but a wasted opportunity.”

“Its been coming for a while since the reduction of scholarships. This conference has a very strong sense of itself, because of the coaches who have been here for a long time. The nature of the game now, especially in the west, is the throwing game. Its a game of space, which takes some of the physical aspects out of it.”

“To beat those teams, it takes an extraordinary effort, and a devil-may-care attitude. We all come into the game free-wheeling. What do you have to lose? The check isnt going to bounce.”

“I told someone this summer, If we keep playing these I-A games, eventually were going to get somebody.”